Willy Wonka Jr.-Pure Imagination lyrics and song

Last Daughter of the Kill

Last Daughter of the Kill

Woman, the vessel that both carries and brings forth Life. It is a sacred rite of passage for a human being and that this power was given to the woman, has been both her curse and her glory.

Yet, the power to claim and define the state of womanhood has always been in the hands of men, be it at what age she can marry, what she can own, and who possesses the rights to her body. Thus, suffering the indignity of sexual abuse, shame, poverty, and murder for the majority of girls and women in the 21th century, prevails.

Why, after eons of dead voices from the grave, do we allow this?

How does an advance culture like ours, allow politicians to define rape or deny female soldiers the right to an abortion paid by the government she serves, if she is raped and becomes pregnant? How do we have large numbers of representation, but only interested in the booty call? Celebrities? Fashion Models and Royal Princesses?

There is only one reason women continue to allow such death and destruction to their body, mind and spirit. From ancient times to the present, there is an innate surrendering, a fallow stench of truth that lingers. Somewhere in the soul of woman, she believes herself beneath the man. Somehow, woman is not the Divine Being she believes herself to be; for if she were, no way in HELL, for centuries, would she let herself be butchered, battered, raped and enslaved by an inherent psychology of male domination.

A society of women who knows they are Divine, would seek to protect themselves. It would be the duty of every female to guard her younger sister. Every girl would know martial arts, meditation, physical and mental control, science, metaphysics, all of the arts, and sacred geometry, along with higher mathematics, cymatics and alchemy.

This global society of women has arrived. With Earth changes, come a mighty wind. Unenlightened women who have supported male dominance in sex slavery, government, education, and social engineering will be small in number and eventually fade away.

Women have always been equal to men.

That they have not known this for all their time on this planet is astonishing.

The good news. They know now!

love and peace in our lifetime

Esprit

The collage "Tell" is part of a new series titled "Idols in the Mirror" by artist and writer, Rene Westbrook.  

Natasha Bedingfield - Strip Me

Eyes of an Eclipse

Hidden Treasure

The Oxford English Dictionary defines an eclipse as the complete or partial obscuring, relative to a designated Observer, of one celestial body by another.

So, it's the Observer who witnesses the takeover.

It's interesting to note that we are rarely without the perspective of the Observer, be it in science, psychology, or metaphysics; that guiding force of conscience and consciousness.

Being aware of this presence is a challenging aspect to being human. Our egos are often too big and bossy to be stopped when obscuring the light of another. Our personalities are defined emblems that cry out to be rewarded. And the need for attention is just too great to temper when it comes to getting our way. One can just hear the Sun telling the Moon it can't pass in front of the Earth, blocking out its light!

But, imagine being the one Observing the dance between them?

This "out of body" ability; observing with detachment is the hidden treasure within all of us and

restores equilibrium to our inner world.

It's good to be a happy camper!

Here's a list of the upcoming eclipses remaining in 2011

June 01, 2011 Partial Solar

June 15, 2011 Total Lunar

July 01, 2011 Partial Solar

Nov.25, 2011 Partial Solar

Dec. 10, 2011 Total Lunar

Love and peace in our lifetime

Esprit

Walking Between Worlds

From the Other Side of the Rabbit Hole

There's a lot of talk these days about Earth's ability to sustain its natural equilibrium in the face of so much damage caused by humans. And yet, Earth is not the only natural body working hard on sustainability and change in a volatile environment.

There's a marvelous book, "The Mind of the Cells" by Sri Aurobindo, with a passage by Goethe,

"beyond the tombs, forward"!

Forward is the buzz word to describe the profoundly insightful concepts in the book: ...that our cells have always been micro agents with a mind, propelling us into systematic and physical transformation.

And if this is true, the willful mutation of our species is on a collision course with hard edged antecedents like religion and social engineering. However forceful these mandates have been, the onward march of vibrational shifts in human consciousness can not be stymied at this juncture in our evolution.

Homo sapiens are made up of a collection of cell structures that change and mutate all the time. The very notion that the world within cells are fixed and inflexible is not supported by science nor biology. Additionally, the organizing intelligence that knows how to heal itself and regulate intricate cycles of its host is not fully understood in its entirety to date.

So, are we finished changing and growing as a species? Have we come to the end point of our evolution or, is there concrete evidence that we are meant to continue on this journey of Becoming?

If our cells have an innate consciousness that pulls itself in and out of vibrational fields, then it is safe to believe our evolutionary process is an on-going one. Who is to say that in 500 years, the form we possess now will look and act like it does, then?

Imagine!

Love and peace in our lifetime

Esprit

Looking for "G"

The Gee-whiz Factor

Everyone wonders about the basis of existence and the unanswerable questions: "Who am I, where did I come from and where am I going..."

The fact that religion hasn't tempered the need to know the truth of these questions only reinforces the gaps between believers and those who seek solace in the material world.

Long ago, our African ancestors believed that all things, living or not have consciousness in the form of a soul. This animism created a natural bond among people and their spirit world.

Then, there's the zenith of the Zen approach which centers on the inner connection of all living things through quiet reflection, negating the need to have a single figurehead like a "Deity" for guidance.

Yet, fast forward to the New Age and the 21 century and most of us are still not sure about the big "G". There's diminishing returns on the image of an avenging god, taking bets on who wins and loses, especially when the money changers have "Madoff" long ago with your life savings!

So where does an inquisitive person go to find G?

Well, you could go to the mountain top, or to the nearby groves of trees. You could go to the horse stables or perhaps, swim out to the center of a lake and wait. You could lay down on the ground at night and gaze up at the stars,.....

Or, you could just be still and know you are WHO you have been looking for.

Really?

Really!

Gee-whiz....that was easy!

Love and peace in our lifetime

Esprit

I Think, Therefore I Am

Our Thoughts Creates Reality

If life is governed by what we think, then it behooves us to dream ourselves into a Life worth thinking about.

I dream, therefore I think, therefore, I Am... might set the tone for everyday living. It is not enough to theoretically know that what you believe can come true; but HOW you think about WHAT you believe, makes it a reality.

("yes we CAN becomes yes we DID")

Wishing upon a star is only the start of a great adventure, especially if YOUR THOUGHTS are the shining light of that star, manifested from energy fields of consciousness, that then becomes your wonderful life.

....and the bonus here....we are the genie in the bottle!

Love and peace in our lifetime

Esprit

2012 The End

Severe Earthquakes moving Clockwise around the globe-WARNING for West c...

Elenin = Catastrophic events CONFIRMED - Dr Omerbashich research papers

"Fear eats the Soul"

Fear Decimates Truth

One of the strongest emotions that humans possess is fear. When we give into it, "It" is the ghost in the machine that informs our very existence and all too often drives us into a debilitating state of being.

Fear thrives in the corpus of every situation designed to keep us ignorant and disconnected from our legacy of unlimited possibilities. The longevity of chemical fear in the body erodes this greater truth and makes it unlikely that most of us will ever override this corrosive orientation.

When we look through the lens of our current society, fear rules the day. Whether it is larger than life 3-D movies thrusting vampires and demons at us for entertainment, or the parade of warring armies killing indiscriminately, to the personal engagement of hand to hand combat between the sexes, Fear is king.

Fear sits at the head of the table, presides over the congregation, scares its way into the boardroom and screams bloody murder in the public square.

Fear is the gift that keeps on giving.

We are addicted to fear. We give it power of possession and are afraid to be without it. We milk our children on a steady diet of fear. Violent video games, war toys, and scary movies are quickly converted into nightmares, and for impressionable young minds, fear will eventually become their jailer.

What if we confront our fear and free ourselves from this very "known" element. What if we discovered that fear had a shelf life and a date of expiration. What if the single most scary thing about fear was uncovering what it's hiding; Knowledge and Truth!

Then, and only then, can freedom ring!

Without fear, a soul sings. Without fear, a child learns. Without fear, a woman gains her voice.

Without fear, a father stands up. Without fear, a nation grows its wings. Without fear, there is a Heaven on Earth!

Today, some believe the world will end. If that world is called Fear, then, I welcome it. I say goodbye to its limitations; good riddance to its power hungry dominance, and "you're fired" to that overbearing and sinister agent of pain and suffering.

Like the song says..."its the end of the world as we know it"!

Welcome to Our World

Long live the Rainbow of Fearlessness, in all its many colors.

Love and peace in our lifetime

Esprit

Flight of the Innocents

Spiral Cafe Last Chance Dance Party Auction

This lovely image from the recent series "Idols in the Mirror" will be auctioned off at the Spiral Cafe party and fundraiser on Saturday night, May 21.

This is a beautiful print of the original and should make some deserving bidder very happy!

See you all there!

Artist, Rene Westbrook

Love and peace in our lifetime

Esprit

Dance, Love, Focus!

The Spring of Hearts

After such a long, wet winter Spring has arrived with the sweet smell of mint green and sassafras.

Flowers are blooming and people seem to move about the town with more ease these days.

I love the power of the sun and know that the great deluge all winter has brought with it a great harvest for everyone in the Pacific Northwest.

Now is the time to give homage to the bounty that awaits us in our gardens, backyard parties, and indoor feasts that summer will surely bring.

Already music can be heard blaring from cars with their tops down and skateboarders singing to tunes on their ipods; truly....there's a song in air and all of us are dancing to the beat of spring's happy heart.

So, get out there....strum your guitar, claps your hands and dance with your lover, or two! But above all, focus on the Love that is all around us.

Nature gives it freely, all we have to do it accept.

Love and peace in our lifetime

Esprit

The artwork for this blog comes from a book titled "The Great Silence" written and illustrated by artist, Rene Westbrook.

Food, Glorious Food

FOOD... that great equalizer and the iconic symbol of health and vitality. 

Nowhere is food more important than in one's own backyard. Happily for the residents of Yelm, their Food Cooperative has a new home with an expanded vision.

Housed in the well established business of Gordon's Garden Center, the "new" Yelm Food Coop brings with it a sustainable and reproducible model within the Cascadia Bioregion, that offers safe, community based, and regional self-sufficient agricultural systems and food accessibility.

We are aware that old fashioned farming techniques are becoming a thing of the past. Bio-engineering and seed selection has been going on now for the past twenty years. Farmers are losing their family farms to big corporations who are taking over the production of food.

To combat the rise of GMOs, small community farmer's markets and cooperatives have grown in popularity out of necessity. People are ready to work collectively to harness the power of home gardens and safe food production locally.  The Yelm Food Cooperative is fast becoming a leader in our area for several important reasons.  Their mission is both tailored to its community and expansive in its goals.

The Yelm Cooperative seeks to operate natural and organic food retail and distribution outlets, providing access to foods not available through the international food distribution systems.  They will develop and make available to members and the community at large comprehensive educational programs that focus on community food self-sufficiency through production, processing, storage, rotation, and use of regional foods. And lastly, they are developing a support network of local, community, and regional environmentally responsible farmers and small scale sustainable food services.  These will include, but not limited to Farmer's Markets, educationally focused community gardening programs, and farmer direct relationships.

In light of recent stories about Monsanto and other food corporations growing beef in test tubes, it is a welcomed relief to know that the Yelm Food Cooperative has its finger on the pulse of the community.
It is now possible on a larger scale, to buy organic produce and wholesome food for our families that is both local and naturally grown.

Food, Glorious, Food!

Love and peace in our lifetime.

Esprit

The Kings of Scandal

Political Sex

Who is surprised that a powerful man takes advantage of his servant; no one!

Some powerful politicians believe they have a rite of passage; abuse women for sexual gratification.

Yet, these acts are not about sex. This is an abuse of power; an assault on all that is sacred between the public and their elected Representatives.

The power dynamic of rape is as old as human desire, and we see this ugliness time and again. To this day, there are societies that still allow for the rape and bondage of children and women.

Its time for men and women to speak with one voice on this matter. This behavior is criminal, immoral, and should be treated as such.

Love and peace in our lifetime

Esprit

The Pope of Pedophiles

The Catholic Church has known for centuries that abstinence among their clergy had disastrous results for many of the children in their parishes.

Finally, in the later 20th century, after years of denial and protection by the church, these pedophile priests were identified, with only a handful of them being brought to justice.

Today, the very same man who knew of the abuse of children that went on for years with the sanction of the church, is now Pope and says that all pedophile priests will be prosecuted by the law.

This is a serious case of too little, too late!

Love and peace in our lifetime

Esprit

Living Dolls

The Girl Effect...

We imagine that girls are precious mainly because they are the carriers of a great race...the Human race. However, girls are subjected to unspeakable dangers in some countries by the time they are 12 years old.

In order for our species to continue well into the coming centuries, we must do everything in our power now to secure their futures.

Do some research into child pornography, the sex slave trades, and child marriages. Don't be blinded by the big lights of distraction that disallows the truth to be seen about this issue of endangered children.

Love and peace in our lifetime

Esprit

Parallel Realities

There's been much written in the past 30 years about the nature of quantum physics and the many worlds interpretation; parallel universes existing at the same time, but never connecting, like trains passing in the night.

Being a great lover of science fiction, it turns out that I am a true "wonk" when it comes to multi-dimensional reality and its many moving parts.

Not long ago I had a dream. Someone had just snatched my handbag and I immediately went after him, thinking about all the aspects of my Identity that could be lost.

As I looked in vain for this creep, I saw a tram and boarded it. I entered a booth and turn to sit down. While still standing, I looked down at the person already seated. Lo and Behold, it was I, ME, I.... was already there,... in the booth before, I have had shown up to take a seat.! INCREDIBLE

Now, even though I was "allegedly" dreaming, I recognized at once that I was inside a real conundrum. Science has always told us that the same object can not occupy the same space at the same time. I fully embraced that one and yet, here I was looking down at my beautiful self.

Rene glanced at me and smiled and I smiled back. She was obviously a younger version of myself because she had a brownish tint to her hair, as I use to have when I dyed mine a few years before. And here we were, in the same space at the same time. This was truly a mind bender for me.

Yes, I've had weird dreams but, being in the same room with myself at the same time...this was science at its best. Now, I had experienced more than just the theory of parallel realities. When I woke up and wrote down this incredible nighttime phenomenon, I knew that I was given a gift. Yes, I'm a student of metaphysics and am inclined to believe things that most sane people wouldn't. However, having the singular experience of a multi-dimensional event that was impossible and yet real, there's nothing better than that!

Everyone is capitalizing on the new advances in science and technologies. Private citizens are paying millions to go into space, electric cars are making a comeback and, Hollywood/ TV producers are making films like Avatar, The Time Traveler's Wife, and Fringe, which speak to the changing mindset within the secular and scientific communities.

Nowadays, except for those who believe that 2012 will be the end of the world, our little slice of heaven, Earth is changing in more ways than the weather. People are opening up to the possibilities that consciousness and energy can shape reality, and that reality is a flexible and dynamic construction designed by the Observer, who is creating it.

As for those other Renes out there just waiting for me to dial into their frequency so we can "parlay"... well, I think I've received the call. There is an old adage..."when the student is ready, the teacher will appear".

In reflection,  I can honestly say I half expected Morpheus to show up with a pill in each hand.  Take the blue pill, wake up and the story ends.  However, if I take the red pill, stay in wonderland and find out how deep the rabbit hole goes..

Well, we're all in this great mystery wrapped in a conundrum...I'll keep you posted!

love and peace in our lifetime

Esprit

The photograph is a double exposure made on a special, one of a kind "20x24" Polaroid camera by the artist, Rene Westbrook  (Portrait of a Brazilian dancer and singer)

Dream the mystery awake

Haiku

for Suzanne Nichols

Life is the lover

Dream the mystery awake

Now and forever

Haiku and photograph by Rene Westbrook

Read Suzanne's big adventure on the MastersConnection and SuperConsciousness magazine

Love and peace in our lifetime

Esprit

"Love is a many splendid thing..."

Too often we look for love in all the wrong places and expect to fine the real thing!

As it turns out, Love is not something that can be lost or found; it is a magical essence that dwells within us and can be given and received at will.

And herein lies the mighty power of love and all its many splendid aspects; Love loves for its own sake...and true Love asks nothing in return because loving it what Love is all about.

Love is its own reward!

Love and Peace in our lifetime

Esprit

"Christ in Egypt"

This original collage will be auctioned off at the Spiral Cafe Auction-Dance-Fundraiser on May 21, beginning at 7pm.

Come and join us for this important fundraiser to keep the doors opened to this wonderful community space where art, music, and all things related to well-being is offered.

Can't wait to see you all there!

Peace in our lifetime

Esprit

Legalized Assassinations?

Ugandans are about to find out whether a bill sponsored by some members in their government will allow the legalized "killing" of gays on religious grounds!

The outrage here is that many developed nations are changing laws allowing gays to live openly and to marry, while Uganda is closing the door shut on life and liberty for their fellow citizens.

Since Africa is the cradle of civilization, one can only hope that their inherent sense of humanity will prevail, and vote this horrendous bill down. There is nothing Christian about killing innocent people.

Peace in our lifetime

Epsrit

Poverty in Paradise


Women and children are the largest group of global citizens
who are abused, isolated in poverty, and abandoned by both their families and governments around the world.

Poor girls, boys, and young women are sold by their starving families to people who later turn them into sex slaves. By the time these "innocents"are 25 yrs old, they are diseased, homeless, and penniless.

These horrible conditions are not just happening to women and children in remote corners of the globe, they are happening right here in America. Everyday, young children and women are lured here to the land of "plenty" where they are enslaved and entombed in the evils of truly demented people.

We can save a life everyday by being aware of what is around us. Raise your voice against sex slavery in American and indeed, around the world.

You are needed. Do some research, find out the facts, and be part of the solution!
Peace in our lifetime,
Esprit

What's in the Lunchbox today?

Buddha preceded Christ in places like India and China, but the message from both spiritual figures was that LIFE is precious and everlasting. The crackdown of dissidents in China following the Arab spring is astonishing in that few people are talking about the brave citizens these whose human rights are being violated.

The notion that human rights can be violated by either a husband, a wife, a community, or a government has been tolerated for centuries and now is the time to finally put a stop to it. People in the Middle East, Africa, and Asian are asking for the same rights that ordinary Americans and Europeans have. We can not abandon their cause. Raise your voice in unity with repressed global citizens everywhere.

Now is the time to ask, "what would Jesus and the Buddha do"?...and then, just do it!

Peace in our lifetime

Esprit

"What's in the Lunchbox today!

So often, especially after I have had a good meal, I reflect on all those people who didn't eat that day. As a child, I was cajoled to eat all the food on my plate because of the unfortunate kids in Africa who didn't have enough food to fill their empty bellies.

Today, as we scurry about in our"megafood stores" with so many choices, I wonder if we think about the abundance in front of us and the resulting waste from having so much food? Statistics tell us that in ten years, over population will overwhelm even the most developed nations and FOOD, along with water will be scarce and highly sought after.

What are we doing now to preserve a world where everyone gets to eat at least one meal a day? We can begin by giving one third of our groceries to the local food bank and starting a home garden, or a community garden, and later a Victory garden when everyone in your family, neighborhood, and greater community has a meal everyday!

What's in your lunchbox?

Esprit

I have just posted a new series of photographs that look at the hidden world of color and distortion once solarization is applied to natural subjects. The wonderful and yet, mysterious realms unfold and reveal beautiful and sometimes terrifying results.

This is an on-going project and at some point, I will publish a collection of photographs showing the range of both technique and subject matter.